Retail Strategies Blog

What are the foundational elements of a retail website? Are they images, a purchase process, a shopping cart? To retailers websites need to function smoothly. But end-users take those basic features for granted. To consumers, foundational elements like functionality don’t...

There was an interesting picture recently posted on LinkedIn showing New York City’s tall, shimmering skyscrapers, juxtaposed against the city’s shaky foundations. They suggested that the image was a metaphor. We agree. What we saw was a metaphor for retailers...

Retailers innovate in different ways. There are customer-facing innovations, from augmented reality to in-store rock climbing to reimagining the checkout queue. But there are also innovations happening behind the scenes: Zara reimagining its supply chain to deliver on 6 week...

The first time I posted a picture of myself on the internet, I was a brace-face fourteen-year-old. I took an unflattering picture on the webcam attached to my family’s shared computer and posted it to MySpace where I thought only...

After a full year of pandemic living, it finally feels like we’re reaching the tail end of this life-altering situation. As the vaccination push continues, businesses are preparing for a return to normalcy—whatever that may look like in the post-COVID...